Example sentences of "[vb infin] and the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all sat watching the drops fall and the scarlet blot widen . |
| 2 | Yet it was a strange and contradictory fact that on those grim days when even the May blossom and the busy life of all the creatures around the Park could not shake off the ever present fact of the bars and cages of the Zoo and the imprisoned animals , Mr Wolski found silent comfort in the presence of the remaining golden eagle . |
| 3 | The clouds were beginning to gather , hiding the hunter 's moon , and Ranulf shivered as he heard an owl hoot and the ominous chatter of other night birds . |
| 4 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 5 | For all the criticism and resentment he aroused , he put in a formidable effort to make of Iran a state its neighbours would envy and the outside world respect . |
| 6 | And therefore the new virus can grow and the immune system again has to learn to suppress this virus . |
| 7 | While the company was later to compromise on this method of operation , cyanide understandably enough having had its share of bad press , by suggesting gravity extraction ( which as well as being cleaner was also cheaper ) as a technical fix to the opposition to cyanide , the opposition had by then extended its attack to issues such as blasting , dust pollution and the contradiction between the short-term benefits mining would bring and the long-term development of the area threatened by mining . |
| 8 | When the sister was summoned up and said it was her grave had been dug , he realised there was nothing more he could do and the whole thing was adjourned to the community centre for a couple of hours while big men with shovels rather grudgingly got to work . ’ |
| 9 | The material conditions for revolution would evolve and the working class would develop into a revolutionary class ready to seize their opportunity . |
| 10 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.2.7 . |
| 11 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.3.7 . |
| 12 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.4.7 . |
| 13 | This allows you to specify an inheritance boundary below which newly entered unapproved modules will inherit the state of the current latest version of the module and above which inheritance will not occur and the new version will inherit the inheritance boundary indicated by the INHERIT-UPTO-STATE keyword . |
| 14 | That proved difficult as they could n't balance and the kicking routine was murder ! |
| 15 | Now the battle lines were clearly drawn : Marx hoped that the proletarian revolution would shortly follow and the communist utopia of his dreams would finally become a reality . |
| 16 | Another university member of a CNAA Committee commented that the CNAA ‘ does a meticulous job as far as I can see and the overall standard of CNAA courses which gain approval is probably much higher than in most universities ’ . |
| 17 | Voters were told that sanctions would be stepped up , unemployment and crime would escalate and the black population would rise in revolt . |
| 18 | DOS 3.3 had been installed on the hard disk but I was using a DOS 2.11 floppy ( supplied with the machine ) in drive A. Ctrl+Alt+Delete would n't work and the reset button booted the machine into drive A. |
| 19 | It was small and poky , the carpet stank of sweat from all the bands that had rehearsed there over the years , the floor was rotten and covered with fungus More unpleasant smells came from the toilet that did n't work and the leaking skylight which let in so much rain the whole place was always damp . |
| 20 | We feel the savage assault and the cold breath of the infinite that causes this frost of many colours and the stilling of the images , with its beauty . |
| 21 | For instance , if you choose fairly large material you will be limited in the amount you can use and the resulting picture may look rather dull . |
| 22 | We need the right finance and the right structure , but above all we need the right objectives . |
| 23 | But there was a limit to what Mr Aczel , the party 's ideologist , could tolerate and the gradual thaw was frequently punctuated with repressive measures against those who fell out of line . |
| 24 | Simultaneously , the His15 and Arg17 side chains of HPr would separate and the active centre would take on the strained open conformation ( Fig. 2 a ) , ready for the next cycle ; formation of hydrogen bonds to His15 and Arg17 would help to stabilize the open conformation and the protein would be in an overall energy minimum . |
| 25 | In Ghana they will meet and the British government . |
| 26 | There are some misgivings about the effects the envisaged doubling of visitors will have and the enormous expansion of residential courses . |
| 27 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 28 | Some day all that may change and the weekly pension will amount to only a little government chit telling you how much has been credited to your account . |
| 29 | BBC The Educator : Secondary schools ' radio programmes should end and the Open University production facility should close . |
| 30 | For many women , these feelings will come and go and the physical appearance is a useful barometer which the husband , boyfriend or employer will learn to read , if he is wise . |